Dick Briel
Dick Briel (born December 29, 1950 in Leiden , † September 26, 2011 in Rijswijk ) was a Dutch cartoonist .
Life
Born in Leiden in 1950, Briel turned to the medium of comics after studying art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam . Based on his role model Hergé , he drew a few pages in the style of the Ligne claire and applied for the comic magazine Eppo . He was immediately commissioned to draw an album-length story, and so the character Professor Palmboom was created in the early 1980s . In Germany the three adventures were published by Carlsen and Arboris.
Dick Briel died of cancer on September 26, 2011 at the age of 60.
literature
- Hartmut Becker: Who is Dick Briel? in Comixene No. 34, January 1981
Web links
- Dick Briel at comicguide.de
- Dick Briel at lambiek.net
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Briel, Dick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suffer |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 2011 |
| Place of death | Rijswijk |